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Helen W Mallon
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What is Animism? Ask the “Sorry Rocks”

What’s called animism must no longer be considered a fringe attitude of “primitive” people. It’s more common than you think. — Last summer, I walked along a familiar beach with a good friend, and I mentioned that my spiritual path has led me to animism. “I think I’ve always been an animist. I just didn’t know it.” “What’s that?” She asked. We were approaching the stone breakwater just ahead. These massive…

Animism

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What is Animism? Ask the “Sorry Rocks”
What is Animism? Ask the “Sorry Rocks”
Animism

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Ancestral Healing and the Gift of Tears

How an encounter with the ghost of my grandfather began a healing process — My grandfather Joe didn’t want me to exist. After my older brother was born, he asked his only child (my mother) not to have any more children. He said it would be too hard on him to see her go through another pregnancy. She went against his wishes, and here…

Ancestral Healing

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Ancestral Healing and the Gift of Tears
Ancestral Healing and the Gift of Tears
Ancestral Healing

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You need a miracle — But are you ready for one?

The profound truth of this question can stop you in your tracks. — I needed a miracle. Desperately. My husband, my grown kids and I wanted to take a summer trip together, but there was a problem. I was the problem. I have a phobia around travel that stems from childhood trauma. I was pretty sure, based on other stuff I was going…

Addiction

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You need a miracle — But are you ready for one?
You need a miracle — But are you ready for one?
Addiction

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When God Laughs: 12-Step Magic at Work

Before recovery, I didn’t want to be vulnerable. I was afraid I’d break. — I used to be a pro at helping people. Well, until I got into recovery. Working the steps is like leaving an egg in a glass of vinegar. The hard shell gradually dissolves, and you end up with the same egg. But it’s soft and undefended…Vulnerable. Pre-recovery, I was a…

Spirituality

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When God Laughs: 12-Step Magic at Work
When God Laughs: 12-Step Magic at Work
Spirituality

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Rational Materialism or Spirituality? How they’re both right

The Still Point of the Turning World — Some friends and I were discussing things metaphysical. One friend, a believer in “woo,” said something to the effect that coincidences were a sign that greater forces are at work in the universe beyond what we can ordinarily perceive. Another, a staunch rationalist, reacted strongly — reality is physical, end…

Spirituality

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Rational Materialism or Spirituality? How they’re both right
Rational Materialism or Spirituality? How they’re both right
Spirituality

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Nov 18

Human Supremacy is Toxic

And it lies at the core of white supremacy, colonialism, and the soul-killing aspects of Western materialist culture — Hear me out, folks. By “human supremacy,” I mean an assumption I grew up with as a liberally educated, white woman in the US: that humans evolved to be smarter and therefore superior to other species. It’s all about IQ, right? Dissect Descartes’ famous, “I think, therefore I am.” …

Spirituality

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Human Supremacy is Toxic
Human Supremacy is Toxic
Spirituality

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May 10

Why Spiritual Community is So Crucial Right Now

There’s a Shift occurring: But if we go it alone, we’re in trouble — There are a lot of “solo” spiritual seekers out there. In the West, we’re born into a culture of separation. Descartes’s “I think, therefore I am” shapes self-perception more than we realize. Obviously, daily life requires thoughts of “me” not being the same entity as “you.” Separation is necessary to…

Spirituality

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Why Spiritual Community is So Crucial Right Now
Why Spiritual Community is So Crucial Right Now
Spirituality

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Feb 23

Zen and the Art of the Twelve Steps

Addicts and alcoholics are the unsung mystics of our culture, and they’re hiding in plain sight — I am an addict. The nature of my addiction isn’t relevant. What matters is that I’m in a program that takes a very deep dive into the 12 steps as laid out in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. More than anything else, the 12 steps are a spiritual program…

Addiction

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Zen and the Art of the Twelve Steps
Zen and the Art of the Twelve Steps
Addiction

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Nov 14, 2021

Q is for Quaker: A Conspiracy Theory

When life is stressful, the stressed become…paranoid. — I can confidently say that the chest pains I’m suffering are due to stress. See, I’m not unhinged! Therefore, the following is fully verifiable…if you know how to interpret the signs. Stay with me, and I’ll unveil the Grand Truth Tying It All Together. Life has a way of scrambling…

Conspiracy Theories

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Q is for Quaker: A Conspiracy Theory
Q is for Quaker: A Conspiracy Theory
Conspiracy Theories

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Oct 31, 2021

On Grieving a Narcissistic Mother

I Googled “pissed-off grief.” Apparently, “professionals” find it to be “unhealthy.” But what if it’s all you got? — My mother died last night. I like the brutality of the word “died.” To say she “passed” implies that she’s merely lost in the neighborhood, having passed by my house because of…well, her fog of narcissistic preoccupation. There. I said it. My mother did a great job of taking care…

Grief

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On Grieving a Narcissistic Mother
On Grieving a Narcissistic Mother
Grief

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Helen W Mallon

Helen W Mallon

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Writing in the space of healing and spirituality.

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